Octopuses Books
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by (shelved 21 times as octopuses)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,099,074 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 10 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.89 — 33,264 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 9 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.94 — 57,771 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 8 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.88 — 27,024 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 4 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.68 — 1,124 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 4 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.67 — 1,330 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 3 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.81 — 302 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.70 — 500 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.68 — 389 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as octopuses)
avg rating 4.03 — 578 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.58 — 7,397 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.41 — 203 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.34 — 461 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,696 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.99 — 742 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 4.00 — 964 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,130 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 4.05 — 437 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.40 — 201 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,291 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as octopuses)
avg rating 3.73 — 358 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.76 — 753 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.78 — 748 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.86 — 14 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.20 — 15 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.94 — 213 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.11 — 79 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.93 — 3,763 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.66 — 8,191 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.66 — 371 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.05 — 57,011 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.06 — 13,055 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.41 — 2,094 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.22 — 310 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.81 — 389 ratings — published 1957

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.29 — 627 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.17 — 426 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,203 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.75 — 225 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.56 — 39 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.32 — 34 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.69 — 237 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,243 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.22 — 196 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.68 — 263 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.17 — 36 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.03 — 119 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 4.24 — 687 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as octopuses)
avg rating 3.93 — 816 ratings — published 2018

“My ears are screaming as Rob gives the thumbs-up sign that it's time to surface. I ascend with him slowly, like a dying soul reluctant to leave its body, and we watch the silver trail of our babbles rising above us like shooting stars.”
― The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
― The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

“We rested, people and octopus regarding one another for several more minutes. And then, to my surprise, she floated up again to us. As she rose, we scanned the bottom of the barrel and saw that she had dropped the squid Wilson had fed her. We wished she had eaten, but we learned something new: Hunger was not the reason she had surfaced earlier, and it wasn't what brought her now.
The reason she surfaced was abundantly clear. She had not interacted with us, or tasted our skin, or seen us above her tank for ten full months. She was sick and weak. In less than four weeks, on a Saturday morning in May, Bill would find her, plane, thin, and still, dead at the bottom of her barrel. Yet, despite everything, we knew in that moment that Octavia had not only remembered us and recognized us; she had wanted to touch us again.”
― The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The reason she surfaced was abundantly clear. She had not interacted with us, or tasted our skin, or seen us above her tank for ten full months. She was sick and weak. In less than four weeks, on a Saturday morning in May, Bill would find her, plane, thin, and still, dead at the bottom of her barrel. Yet, despite everything, we knew in that moment that Octavia had not only remembered us and recognized us; she had wanted to touch us again.”
― The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness